Wesendonck-Lieder (for voice and large orchestra, Mottl)
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Annotation
Mottl orchestrated all of the songs except the last (Träume), which is based on the version Wagner made for solo violin (or voice) and chamber orchestra.
Annotation last modified on 2016-02-19 21:17 UTC.
Wikipedia
Wesendonck Lieder, WWV 91, is the common name of a set of five songs for female voice and piano by Richard Wagner, Fünf Gedichte für eine Frauenstimme (Five Poems for a Female Voice). He set five poems by Mathilde Wesendonck while he was working on his opera Tristan und Isolde. The songs, together with the Siegfried Idyll, are the two non-operatic works by Wagner most regularly performed.
Relationships
| lyricist: | Mathilde Wesendonck |
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| composer: | Richard Wagner (composer) |
| Wikipedia: | en: Wesendonck Lieder [info] |
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| version of: | Wesendonck-Lieder (for voice and piano) |
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| parts: | 1. Wesendonck-Lieder: I. Der Engel (for voice and large orchestra, Mottl) 2. Wesendonck-Lieder: II. Stehe still (for voice and large orchestra, Mottl) 3. Wesendonck-Lieder: III. Im Treibhaus (for voice and large orchestra, Mottl) 4. Wesendonck-Lieder: IV. Schmerzen (for voice and large orchestra, Mottl) 5. Wesendonck-Lieder: V. Träume (for voice and large orchestra, Wagner) |
Recordings
| Date | Title | Attributes | Artist | Length |
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| 2018-03-15 | Mattila syngur Wagner | live | Karita Mattila, Sinfóníuhljómsveit Íslands, Yan Pascal Tortelier | 2:07:09 |